---
title: "Cartesian Coordinates"
content_type: tutorial
url: "https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/cartesian-coordinates?language=en"
language: en
difficulty: intermediate
duration_minutes: 20
unity_version:
  - "6.0"
supported_unity_versions:
  - name: "6.0"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/cartesian-coordinates.md?language=en&version=6.0"
  - name: "2021.3"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/cartesian-coordinates.md?language=en&version=2021.3"
  - name: "2019.4"
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  - name: "2019.3"
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  - name: "2019.2"
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  - name: "2019.1"
    url: "https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/cartesian-coordinates.md?language=en&version=2019.1"
last_updated: "2026-08-04T14:23:14.000Z"
---

# Cartesian Coordinates

In this tutorial students will learn about the Cartesian coordinate system and how points are defined in the space as well as 2D and 3D nature of a game environment.

## Materials

- [S0201Solution.zip](https://unity-connect-prd.storage.googleapis.com/20220823/f1eaa129-399a-42a1-921b-af6cc5b983fc/S0201Solution.zip)

## 1. Cartesian Plane

[Video](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/8a14c56b-713e-5323-8ca7-3bb5171b4af4/versions%5B_key==%22b6a7c30546297332d9e02b878d941606%22%5D.sections%5B_key==%22f5Dcpkp7DZC0QRMvpxUvpg%22%5D.body%5B_key==%22f5Dcpkp7DZC0QRMvpxUvsj%22%5D.overviewVideo/S0201_20260310_211141.mp4) ([Transcript (en)](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/8a14c56b-713e-5323-8ca7-3bb5171b4af4/versions%5B_key==%22b6a7c30546297332d9e02b878d941606%22%5D.sections%5B_key==%22f5Dcpkp7DZC0QRMvpxUvpg%22%5D.body%5B_key==%22f5Dcpkp7DZC0QRMvpxUvsj%22%5D.subtitles/S0201%20VTT%20en_20260522_122530.vtt))